Buhari Jets Out To U.S Next Week

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to leave Abuja for the United States of America, sometime next week, Presidency sources say.

Buhari is expected to address the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in the United States on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.

He is scheduled to speak as the seventh speaker after the leaders of Brazil, the United States, Guinea, Switzerland, Jordan and Slovakia.

“I cannot tell you the time he will be going because it can change but I know he is expected to be the eighth speaker at the UN. So, he will be there and he will speak,” Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity said.

Mr Buhari returned to the country on August 19, after spending more than 100 days in the London, the United Kingdom on medical leave.

Since his return he has been working from home and has cancelled two of the three Federal Executive Council meetings.

Meanwhile, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday chaired the 5th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum held at the Council of Chambers, Aso Rock, Abuja.